HOWARD UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER PLANNING GRANT

据了解，总的来说，非裔美国人比白人更容易患上癌症。非洲裔美国人的发病率为454/10万，而白人为394/10万。此外，大约3.0%的非洲裔美国人比他们的白人更有可能死于癌症。今年，国家癌症研究所发布了一份关于癌症研究领域正在取得进展的成绩单。尽管根据SEER、国家卫生统计中心和美国人口普查数据，1973年至1995年期间所有种族和性别的发病率和死亡率都有所下降，但NCI的成绩单清楚地表明，少数族裔人口，特别是非裔美国人缺乏成功。正是在这种情况下，霍华德大学癌症中心(HUCC)，美国历史上唯一的黑人学院或大学的独立癌症中心，致力于满足这个社区如此迫切的需求。我们的目标是利用更系统和更全面的方法研究对非裔美国人人口有不同影响的癌症疾病。来自研究密集型大学的证据表明，在有足够多的研究人员专注于感兴趣的领域时，更有可能进行富有成效的研究，而不是在孤独的从业者英勇孤立中辛勤工作的情况下。霍华德大学癌症中心计划成为NCI指定的基础和人口科学专业中心。癌症中心将专注于特定部位的规划领域，包括乳腺癌、前列腺癌和胃肠道癌症。此外，我们还将建立预防和癌症控制计划。我们的目标将是解决那些对非裔美国人来说普遍和独特的研究问题。

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Description) It is known that overall, African-Americans are more likely to develop cancer than whites. The incidence rate for African-Americans was 454 per 100,000 compared to 394 per 100,000 for whites. Furthermore, approximately 3.0 percent African-Americans are more likely to die of cancer than their white counterparts. This year, the National Cancer Institute issued a report card on the progress being made in the field of cancer research. Although the incidence and mortality rates for all races and both sexes for the time period between 1973-1995 show a decline in rates based on the data obtained from SEER, National Center for Health Statistics, and US Census data, the NCI report card clearly demonstrates the lack of success among minority populations, particularly African-Americans. It is in this light that the Howard University Cancer Center (HUCC), the only stand alone Cancer Center at a historically Black College or University in the country, is committed to addressing the needs of this community that is so desperately needed. It is our aim to study the cancer diseases that have a disparate impact on the African-American population utilizing a more systematic and comprehensive approach. The evidence from research-intensive Universities suggests that productive research is more likely to occur where there is a critical mass of investigators focused on an area of interest, than where lone practitioners toil in heroic isolation. The Howard University Cancer Center is planning to become a NCI designated specialty center in basic and population based science. The site-specific programmatic areas that the Cancer Center will focus on include breast, prostate, and GI cancers. In addition, we will establish a prevention and cancer control program. Our goals will be to address those research questions that are prevalent and unique to the African-American population.